AS I sit on the platform at Euston, lager in one hand and crisps in the other (don't ask how I'm managing to type), mere hours away from ringing in the new year, it seems a fine time to reflect on the highs and lows in the life of a Spurs fan in
DAGENHAM & Redbridge hope to play their first game in three weeks against Brentford on Saturday. The Daggers will be hoping the new year brings about a change in fortunes as they get back to the grind of their League One survival campaign. John Still's
A DOCTOR has said he is “humbled” at being made an MBE for his work with violent patients. Dr Sanjoy Kumar, from Woodford Green, was included in today's New Year Honours list for seeing hundreds of patients who have been violent to healthcare
TOTTENHAM Hotspur has applied for the right to keep using a giant air tent at its training facility until the end of 2012. The club has asked Epping Forest District Council for planning permission to keep the inflatable cover over one of the
NOTHING less than a win will do for West Ham when one of their chief rivals to beat the drop makes the trip to the Boleyn Ground tomorrow. Wolverhampton Wanderers have given their own survival chances a shot in the arm thanks to a shock victory
FORMER Brighton & Hove Albion winger Dean Cox returns to the Withdean Stadium this Saturday. This will be his second trip back to the south coast since signing for Orient in the summer. The two clubs met in the JP Trophy in September. On that night
WEST HAM have already had one 'save our season' game this season. They face another when Wolverhampton Wanderers come to Upton Park on New Year's Day. The game has taken on even greater significance in the wake of Wolves' shock win over Liverpool
A TEENAGER was arrested on suspicion of drink-driving following a car crash. Police were called to Orient Way, Leyton, at 5.45pm last Thursday (December 30) after a Ford Focus overturned. No other vehicles are believed to have been involved in
THE identity of a woman who died in a house fire this week will not be released until Tuesday. The woman, believed to be aged 65, was found on the ground floor of her house in Leybourne Road, Leytonstone, on Tuesday night. Firefighters
RUBBISH is being cleared from homes again after harsh weather led to bags piling up across the district over Christmas. Bin men were ordered to stay at their depots after snow fell at the beginning of the month and the extra rubbish from the
CAN Orient start 2011 in ideal fashion by shooting down the Seagulls? Dean Cox helped the O’s defeat Brighton when the pair last clashed in August. He made an instant impact at the Withdean Stadium after leaving there last summer.
A CONCERNED father who said he might move if a phone mast was put up in a conservation area has welcomed the application's rejection. O2 and Vodafone submitted controversial plans for a 12-metre mast in Richmond Road, Chingford, in October.
A DOCTOR dedicated to creating community cohesion and a leading figure in music publishing have been recognised in the New Year Honours list. Dr Qadir Bakhsh, from Buckhurst Hill, has been made an MBE for his work in building links between
A BRAVE doctor has been made an MBE in the New Year Honours list. Dr Sanjoy Kumar, from Woodford Green, was recognised for his work as a forensic medical examiner for the police. In February 2009, Dr Kumar spoke to the Guardian about
WALTHAM Forest residents have been included in the New Year Honours list. Michael Chrimes, 56, of Wellington Avenue, Chingford, the head librarian and director of engineering policy at the Institution of Civil Engineers, has become an MBE for
A WOMAN was treated for smoke inhalation after a kitchen fire yesterday. The 60-year-old was given oxygen after the fire broke out at a house in Foster Street, near Hastingwood, at about 5.30pm. Firefighters put the blaze out by 6.40pm and
CAMPAIGNERS fighting for the historic EMD building to be re-opened as a cinema are angry the council is considering a plan to build a multiplex on the nearby Arcade Site. Earlier this month the authority announced it was set to work with Islington
ORIENT take on a Brighton side currently soaring high in League One this Saturday. Brighton & Hove Albion are transformed under boss Gus Poyet from relegation battlers into serious contenders for promotion. The ex-Chelsea man employs
Fives & Heronians Cricket Club will be looking forward to playing in the Essex final of the National Indoor Cup next month. They booked their place at the county finals on January 12 with a hard-fought victory over Ardleigh Green. Batting first Fives
